Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
Flamingo Pier and Soundway team up again for new EP ahead of festival
Ahead of this weekend’s Flamingo Pier festival at the Rangihoua Olive Grove on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island, the native DJ collective, for a second straight year, have teamed up with the London-based Soundway records to release a complimentary EP release, titled Indigo.
Ruby Rushton trumpeter Nick Walters releases brilliant new album on 22a records
Composer, trumpeter, and member of the UK-based jazz quartet Ruby Rushton, Nick Walters has recently released an explosive new jazz album, titled Active Imagination on Tenderlonious label 22a.
The Ethio-inspired Sorcerers release conceptional soundtrack
The Leeds, UK based group led by multi-instrumentalist Pete Williams, bassist /guitarist Neil Innes and Drummer Joost Hendrickx have released a great new conceptional soundtrack album on ATA Records, titled In Search Of The Lost City Of The Monkey God.
Mad About Records reissues rare live 1982 recording from São Paulo group Syncro Jazz
Portugese-based label Mad About Records continues their string of truly essential reissues with the release of Syncro Jazz’s extremely rare 1982 live album featuring legendary Brazilian saxophonist Nestico Aguiar, and his sister, pianist Lilu.
Jeff Parker returns with latest electro-acoustic New Breed album ‘Suite for Max Brown’
Composer, multi-instrumentalist and Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker follows up his first New Breed recording, released back in 2016 and named best album of the year by London’s Observer, with a great new album on Chicago’s International Anthem, titled Suite for Max Brown.
Jason McGuiness releases incredible cosmic jazz album ‘Empyrean Tones’ featuring all-star lineup
One of the records that completely missed my radar when it was released back in the summer of 2019 was Los Angeles producer Jason McGuiness brilliant cosmic jazz album Empyrean Tones.
On The Corner releases new single featuring the new ‘golden voice’ of Zanzibar’s Taarab sound
Influenced by the musical traditions of the African Great Lakes, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent, the Taraab sound is rooted out of Zanzibar, and was made popular beginning in the late 20s by Tanzanian vocalist Siti binti Saad. London’s On The Corner label has recently released a brilliant new single featuring Taraab’s next star, which is none other than Siti’s great granddaughter Siti Muharam.
Tenderlonious led quartet Ruby Rushton release new 7inch single ‘Overture 1′
The London-based quartet Ruby Rushton, led by flautist Ed Cawthorne aka Tenderlonious and featuring trumpeter Nick Walters, keyboardist Aidan Shepherd, and drummer Tim Carnegie kick off 2020 with a great new limited-edition 7inch single on 22a.
Gilles Peterson launches new reissue label Arc Records with Tino Contreras’ psych-jazz ‘Musica Infinita’
Gilles Peterson launches his brand new reissue label Arc Records, focusing on rare and interesting records from his basement vaults, with the experimental jazz recording Musica Infinita from by Mexican drummer and composer Tino Contreras.
Analog Africa releases new compilation highlighting Somalian dance music between 1972-1991
The German-based Analog Africa label helped shed light in 2018 on the Somalian funk group Dur-Dur Band with an incredible triple LP featuring the band’s first two albums. This past month, the label released a brand new twelve-track compilation that continues to deeply explore the Somalian funk scene of the seventies through the early nineties.
BeatCaffeine’s Favorite Jazz Albums of the 2010s
Over the past decade, there many incredible jazz releases from a number of new rising exploratory artists looking to explore new ground and continue to push the music forward. With jazz having an overall strong resurgence in places like London, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Melbourne and numerous of other cities and regions globally, it’s great to look back at some of the most essential albums from the past ten years.
BeatCaffeine’s Favorite EPs of 2019
Before we look ahead to the New Year, it’s important that we look back at some of the best EP releases of 2019, often featuring debut recordings from some of the most rising artists and groups, which this year included KOKOROKO, Neue Grafik, Ebi Soda, Still Moving, Nejrup, Rōnin Arkestra, IG Culture’s Likwid Continual Space Motion project, and many others.
BeatCaffeine’s 2019 Artist of the Year: Mark de Clive-Lowe
With six incredible releases across multiple projects, and numerous collaborations with some of the most-forward thinking artists in the world, as well as ongoing performances that touched just about every corner of the globe, BeatCaffeine’s 2019 Artist of the Year is Los Angeles-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Mark de Clive-Lowe.
